TANGA PHARMACEUTICALS PLASTICS LTD AND OTHERS V EMIRATES SHIPPING LINE FZE

[2025] EWHC 368 (Comm), King's Bench Division, Commercial Court, Mr Justice Bright, 27 February 2025

Contracts (bills of lading) – Hague Rules contractually applicable – Whether Hague Rules or contract provisions prevailed – Meaning of "loss or damage to goods"

The claimant was the cargo interest in respect of 548 containers and their contents shipped on board MV Alion from India and Saudi Arabia to Mombasa under bills of lading issued by the defendant as time charterer. The Hague Rules applied to the bills of lading as a matter of contract.